Kenya searches for missing people amid deadly floods
Kenya searches for missing people amid deadly floods
Rescuers are searching for many people missing amid devastating flooding across Kenya.
The Ministry of Interior and National Administration said on Tuesday that a search operation had been launched following the bursting of a dam in Mai Mahiu in the centre of the country the previous day. Hundreds of people are reported to have died as heavy…
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to be a politician is to ask to be hated
Kenya has more than 50M citizens almost all of them are affected by Floods how do except the government to handle it
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All conman Ruto and his ministers have been doing in the last two years is looting and looting.. when all you do is loot, important things like preparing for floods cannot be done
When you have crook as a president, bad things happen
The flooding on previously non-flood-prone areas, and especially in Nairobi, may be nothing more than a manifestation of the corruption in the present county Government.
The previous county Government took the step of demolishing buildings on riparian land – land through which water flows naturally when it rains.
The current county Government has reversed those decisions, even though riparian land is mapped out by civil engineers and surveyors.
Let's take the case of Kilimani/Kileleshwa/Chiromo.
There are always stories in the press of the illegality of many of the high-rise buildings there. Reconstruction has been permitted for buildings previously demolished for being on riparian land.
The possible consequences are the diversion of water to North of Ngong Road, e.g. Kibera, Mbagathi, Langata, etc.
The flooding in other parts of Kenya may have a similar origin. However, many of those regions could be forgiven. For example, North Eastern was ignored since colonial times. It's only during President Uhuru's tenure that permanent roads were built. If their politicians explain to them that it is necessary to reconstruct part of the road to prevent flooding, it's unlikely they will refuse.
However, Nairobi has no excuse. Riparian land has been documented since colonial times.
In places like Nairobi, the fix is to demolish buildings on land that is designated riparian, clear the debris and clear a path for water to flow on its natural course. The opinions of professionals such as Civil Engineers and Surveyors should be respected.
For other parts of Kenya, a Civil Engineering exercise should be undertaken to map out the riparian load. Then the sections of roads, buildings, etc, that are on riparian land should be demolished and reconstruction carried out on non-riparian land.
The government are the devil
Al Jazeera only concerned with Muslim part of Kenya yet there are bigger disasters elsewhere in the country. I thought the report would cover the most recent disaster.
They should blame this weather on the west and then beg for aid
Forgotten Africa! All the attention and money goes on the wars. Poor people! No help from CORRUPTED governments and the rest of the world.
That preview thumbnail should be changed.! May the families have peace, this troubling times.
This is terrible; the international community should also lend hands in saving lives & helping people here too.
May the Lord assuage this & other disasters, in Jesus' name.